(n.) That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.
Example Sentences:
(1) The smooth endoplasmic reticulum present in the terminals of the offshoots of the light pinealocytes is possibly involved in pineal indoleamine synthesis.
(2) Yemen has long been the base of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, an offshoot of Osama bin Laden’s original group that has previously targeted Houthis.
(3) If you look at a map of Britain resized according to house prices, London and the south-east form a massive blob, and every other region and nation are mere stringy offshoots, like a fried egg that is all yolk.
(4) The past year has also witnessed the rise of ultra rightwing movements such as Reclaim Australia and the Australian Liberty Alliance (ALA), the local offshoot of a party inspired by the Dutch far-right MP Geert Wilders.
(5) Captain America kicking open the door of what looks like a European mountain fortress suggests the Nazi offshoot Hydra might be rearing its many ugly heads once again.
(6) The technology in cellphones, from the screens to the processors that are in there, were offshoots of work that Darpa did.
(7) In rabbits, the functional behavior of the pial arterial offshoots (PAO), the pial arterial anastomoses (PAA), and the precortical arteries (PCA), was studied.
(8) Brazil is the home of several offshoots of football.
(9) He has worked at an offshoot of Morgan Stanley called Omega Land, as well as Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster's property investment company.
(10) Technically an offshoot of the Spyro franchise, Skylanders has become hugely popular in its own right.
(11) Besides supporting the theory that land vertebrates arose from an offshoot of the lineage leading to lungfishes, the molecular tree facilitates an evolutionary interpretation of the morphological differences among the living forms.
(12) We call on our supporters to join the demonstration against this, today at the Jamaica high commission .” Black Lives Matter UK, was launched last month as an offshoot of the international movement was set up in the US following the killing of black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida four years ago.
(13) In Libya, the Brotherhood's political offshoot did not do as well as expected in last year's elections – but still came second.
(14) Up to 40 people are to transfer to the new owners of a cheaper offshoot that had an existing staff of 17, including editor Oliver Duff.
(15) Do expect more offshoots of the main brand, along the lines of Virgin's two digital radio stations, Virgin Radio Classic Rock and Virgin Radio Xtreme.
(16) Treatment of this unusual complications is an offshoot of the modern management of the underlying disease.
(17) As an offshoot of a larger prospective cardiovascular population study, the present study aimed to determine the 12 months frequency of focal cerebral transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) in persons randomly selected after age stratification from the Copenhagen city population register.
(18) Since that last call home, Waheed had joined the al-Qaida offshoot Jabhat al-Nusra, fighting against Bashar al-Assad .
(19) He called Pineda a major operator in the cartel, an offshoot of the Beltran Leyva gang.
(20) National Counties building society and its Family building society offshoot will consider applicants up to the age of 89, while Bath building society does not have a set maximum age, but will be looking for proof of continued income.
Spinoff
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) These spinoff programmes, which target key premium audiences, are prejudicially and aggressively scheduled on other ITV channels in which STV has no economic interest."
(2) Charlie Lee didn’t create bitcoin but he did create a spinoff, called Litecoin.
(3) And there are murmurs too that the PSG spinoff is being reconsidered.
(4) Now Yoda is rumoured to be getting his own spinoff movie as part of Disney's new series of Star Wars films.
(5) A recent visit to Hamleys' new dolls area turned up a bumper brash-pack of new fashion dolls from the big companies: LaDeeDa Dolls (a swift move by SpinMaster), buzzing Flitter Fairies (Wow Stuff), glow-in-the-dark Bratzillaz (a brazen MGA fast-follow of the huge Mattel Monster High), Ever After High (Mattel), flashing Novi Stars (also MGA, alien dolls with Camden market hair springs and extensions) and all sorts of blinky, noisy merch spinoffs.
(6) Center staff extended training in culturally appropriate care to 174 mental health professionals from 97 facilities throughout the nation, as well as other spinoffs improving cultural expertise of staff in public sector agencies.
(7) He is crossing his fingers and hoping that a mooted spinoff show featuring Walter's crooked lawyer, Saul Goodman, will go ahead.
(8) The numerous Beltrán Leyva spinoffs include the Guerreros Unidos gang which, together with municipal police, allegedly coordinated the disappearance and probable murder of 43 student teachers in the southern city of Iguala in September .
(9) She returned to the BBC to present a spinoff of BBC1’s Crimewatch, but left nine months into a new three year contract .
(10) Great progress has been made in the management of urethral narrowing during the second half of the 20th century owing to the appearance of urology as a specialty, to the spinoff of lithotripsy, to the motivation provided by the Argenteuil award and to the refinement of surgical tools.
(11) Yet the 12th edition of the winter spinoff of Art Basel, the prestigious Swiss art fair, is drawing the usual assortment of private jet passengers, museum bigwigs, advisers, consultants and social butterflies.
(12) Once its spinoff is complete this company will retain the historic News Corporation name – whilst the larger TV, film and entertainment business will be renamed Fox Group.
(13) Woodward added that the latest issue related to ITV2 spinoffs to a range of ITV1 hits including I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here and Britain's Got Talent.
(14) A new trilogy is planned, as well as a series of spinoff "origins" movies, which could focus on iconic characters from earlier films such as Yoda, Han Solo and Boba Fett.
(15) It is angry that spinoffs such as The Xtra Factor – which features reaction to events in the main X Factor show – is shown on ITV2, which is not broadcast on STV, rather than the main ITV channel.
(16) "For example, as a shareholder in the Network, STV invests in building network brands such as The X Factor, from which ITV develops spinoff programmes, such as The Xtra Factor.
(17) Abraham brings what he excels at to the broadcaster: bumping up investment into the testing of new pilot programmes and ideas, market research, a forensic focus on audiences, and dreaming up new spinoff deals for advertisers.
(18) Setting out his non-Marxist solutions, he calls for a greater spread of ownership, an extension of the right to buy, but also the spread of spinoffs of mutuals from current public sector state-owned organisations.
(19) But there was a big year-on-year drop for Radio 5 Live's spinoff digital station, 5 Live Sports Extra, which was down 32.7% to 648,000.
(20) JD Salinger , the 90-year-old author of the Catcher in the Rye, launched a legal action against an author who has purportedly written a spinoff "sequel" to the acclaimed novel, it was reported yesterday.